[5.x] Ability to override how objects are serialized

src/ExtractProperties.php

@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ public static function from($target)
                     return [
                         $property->getName() => [
                             'class' => get_class($value),
-                            'properties' => json_decode(json_encode($value), true),
+                            'properties' => method_exists($value, 'formatForTelescope')
+                                ? $value->formatForTelescope()
+                                : json_decode(json_encode($value), true),
                         ],
                     ];
                 } else {

src/Watchers/GateWatcher.php

@@ -99,7 +99,15 @@ private function gateResult($result)
     private function formatArguments($arguments)
     {
         return collect($arguments)->map(function ($argument) {
-            return $argument instanceof Model ? FormatModel::given($argument) : $argument;
+            if (is_object($argument) && method_exists($argument, 'formatForTelescope')) {
+                return $argument->formatForTelescope();
+            }
+
+            if ($argument instanceof Model) {
+                return FormatModel::given($argument);
+            }
+
+            return $argument;
         })->toArray();
     }
 }

tests/Watchers/EventWatcherTest.php

@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 use Dummies\DummyEvent;
 use Dummies\DummyEventListener;
 use Dummies\DummyEventSubscriber;
+use Dummies\DummyEventWithObject;
 use Dummies\DummyInvokableEventListener;
+use Dummies\DummyObject;
 use Dummies\IgnoredEvent;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event;
 use Laravel\Telescope\EntryType;
@@ -60,6 +62,25 @@ public function test_event_watcher_stores_payloads()
         $this->assertContains('PHP', $entry->content['payload']['data']);
     }
 
+    public function test_event_watcher_with_object_property_calls_format_for_telescope_method_if_it_exists()
+    {
+        Event::listen(DummyEventWithObject::class, function ($payload) {
+            //
+        });
+
+        event(new DummyEventWithObject());
+
+        $entry = $this->loadTelescopeEntries()->first();
+
+        $this->assertSame(EntryType::EVENT, $entry->type);
+        $this->assertSame(DummyEventWithObject::class, $entry->content['name']);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('thing', $entry->content['payload']);
+        $this->assertSame(DummyObject::class, $entry->content['payload']['thing']['class']);
+        $this->assertContains('Telescope', $entry->content['payload']['thing']['properties']);
+        $this->assertContains('Laravel', $entry->content['payload']['thing']['properties']);
+        $this->assertContains('PHP', $entry->content['payload']['thing']['properties']);
+    }
+
     public function test_event_watcher_registers_events_and_stores_payloads_with_subscriber_methods()
     {
         Event::listen(DummyEvent::class, DummyEventSubscriber::class.'@handleDummyEvent');
@@ -174,6 +195,26 @@ public function handle()
     }
 }
 
+class DummyEventWithObject
+{
+    public $thing;
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->thing = new DummyObject;
+    }
+}
+
+class DummyObject
+{
+    public function formatForTelescope(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'Telescope', 'Laravel', 'PHP',
+        ];
+    }
+}
+
 class DummyEventSubscriber
 {
     public function handleDummyEvent($event)

tests/Watchers/GateWatcherTest.php

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public function test_gate_watcher_registers_allowed_policy_entries()
 
         $this->assertSame(EntryType::GATE, $entry->type);
         $this->assertSame(__FILE__, $entry->content['file']);
-        $this->assertSame(271, $entry->content['line']);
+        $this->assertSame(303, $entry->content['line']);
         $this->assertSame('create', $entry->content['ability']);
         $this->assertSame('allowed', $entry->content['result']);
         $this->assertSame([[]], $entry->content['arguments']);
@@ -156,12 +156,34 @@ public function test_gate_watcher_registers_denied_policy_entries()
 
         $this->assertSame(EntryType::GATE, $entry->type);
         $this->assertSame(__FILE__, $entry->content['file']);
-        $this->assertSame(276, $entry->content['line']);
+        $this->assertSame(308, $entry->content['line']);
         $this->assertSame('update', $entry->content['ability']);
         $this->assertSame('denied', $entry->content['result']);
         $this->assertSame([[]], $entry->content['arguments']);
     }
 
+    public function test_gate_watcher_calls_format_for_telescope_method_if_it_exists()
+    {
+        $this->app->setBasePath(dirname(__FILE__, 3));
+
+        Gate::policy(TestResourceWithFormatForTelescope::class, TestPolicy::class);
+
+        try {
+            (new TestController())->update(new TestResourceWithFormatForTelescope());
+        } catch (\Exception $ex) {
+            // ignore
+        }
+
+        $entry = $this->loadTelescopeEntries()->first();
+
+        $this->assertSame(EntryType::GATE, $entry->type);
+        $this->assertSame(__FILE__, $entry->content['file']);
+        $this->assertSame(308, $entry->content['line']);
+        $this->assertSame('update', $entry->content['ability']);
+        $this->assertSame('denied', $entry->content['result']);
+        $this->assertSame([['Telescope', 'Laravel', 'PHP']], $entry->content['arguments']);
+    }
+
     public function test_gate_watcher_registers_allowed_response_policy_entries()
     {
         $this->app->setBasePath(dirname(__FILE__, 3));
@@ -178,7 +200,7 @@ public function test_gate_watcher_registers_allowed_response_policy_entries()
 
         $this->assertSame(EntryType::GATE, $entry->type);
         $this->assertSame(__FILE__, $entry->content['file']);
-        $this->assertSame(266, $entry->content['line']);
+        $this->assertSame(298, $entry->content['line']);
         $this->assertSame('view', $entry->content['ability']);
         $this->assertSame('allowed', $entry->content['result']);
         $this->assertSame([[]], $entry->content['arguments']);
@@ -200,7 +222,7 @@ public function test_gate_watcher_registers_denied_response_policy_entries()
 
         $this->assertSame(EntryType::GATE, $entry->type);
         $this->assertSame(__FILE__, $entry->content['file']);
-        $this->assertSame(281, $entry->content['line']);
+        $this->assertSame(313, $entry->content['line']);
         $this->assertSame('delete', $entry->content['ability']);
         $this->assertSame('denied', $entry->content['result']);
         $this->assertSame([[]], $entry->content['arguments']);
@@ -257,6 +279,16 @@ class TestResource
     //
 }
 
+class TestResourceWithFormatForTelescope
+{
+    public function formatForTelescope(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'Telescope', 'Laravel', 'PHP',
+        ];
+    }
+}
+
 class TestController
 {
     use AuthorizesRequests;